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European Portuguese!

Learn Portuguese from Portugal 🇵🇹

…as it's spoken in Lisbon, Porto, Algarve and the rest of the country!

Are you planning to estudarstudy, trabalharwork or viajartravel in Portugal?

Become fluent in Portuguese before you chegararrive!

Speak Portuguese Fluently

Improve your speaking and comprehension, with materials that adapt to your current nívellevel and personal learning estilostyle.

Strictly European Portuguese, since 2012 🏆

We don't split our efforts across any other línguaslanguages, or even Brazilian Portuguese.

This narrow focus allows us to better serve learners of português europeuEuropean Portuguese:

The best European Portuguese learning site

I love your site. It is without doubt the best European Portuguese learning site I have found over the last 10 years that I have been struggling to learn the language... It allows me to go at my own pace and go back when it's useful.

– Graham D. (Portugal)

Brought smiles to their faces

I used your website to learn a little Portuguese before traveling to Madeira, Portimão, & Lisboa. What I learned gave me the courage to say at least a few words in Portuguese, which brought smiles to the faces of the people I spoke to. I'm so glad I found your website... many thanks for all the effort and ingenuity you've put into Practice Portuguese.

As a beginner, it gives me what I need to get started but has a ton of resources to keep me learning and take my education right through to an advanced level. It is such a massive resource and such a complete one.

Your website is the highlight of my days ... When I wake up, the first thing I do is go to your site and practice my Portuguese ... I absolutely love your program and I am so thankful that I found it! It feels so personal, and it's so much fun. The topics of the videos and podcasts are so relevant and current.

– Christine S. (U.S.A.)

Learn with Native Speakers

Thanks for the amazing work on the learning studio. I'm doing A1/A2 at the moment and the ability to hear and read well enunciated European Portuguese is invaluable. I use the speech to text on my iPad keyboard to fill in the written answers where possible which I think is improving my own pronunciation.

– Warren B. (London)

Joseph & Eliana recording at Practice Portuguese's headquarters

Practice Speaking (beta)

Easily gravarrecord your own voice and compararcompare it to the native recordings.

Recently I have been concentrating on my verbs - because I really needed to do that. I find your verb modules excellent. I like the fact that I have to recognise a verb only from the sound. That has helped me a lot.

– David A.

PRACTICE

with Audio transcripts, Video subtitles e muito maisand much more…

Many learners can lerread Portuguese, but when a native actually speaks to them, they freeze up when they can't entenderunderstand anything that's being said!

With an archive of over 200audio and video episodes, learn how the language is actually used in day-to-day conversaconversation.

Sample Audio Episode:

Música Para os Ouvidos

Shorties NEW!

Bite-sized audio episodes, about 1-2 minutes long

Mini-dialogues are very helpful

These mini-dialogues are very helpful, especially for those of us who have not had much practice in listening to spoken Portuguese and trying to comprehend what is said! I very much look forward to them!

Podcast

Our flagship audio program that started it all!
Wide range of levels, topics and show formats.

Visibly stunned

I started using your podcast when I was 22 and I'm 27 now, so it's been a massive part of my learning process. I actually got a chance to go to Portugal and was pleasantly surprised by how well I could communicate with the people there. I had to use it much more than I had anticipated, and in some of the towns we went to it was an absolute necessity. People were visibly stunned when I told them I was American and asked me how on earth I had gone about learning Portuguese.

– Jonathan K. (North Carolina, U.S.A.)

Videos

Features animated episodes, as well as candid footage of Portuguese natives in their natural habitat!

Absolutely essential

This material may be challenging, but it is ABSOLUTELY essential for beginners… [I have] been focusing on hearing/distinguishing the sounds, and I feel confident that practicing this will make it much, much easier to hear – and THEN understand – native speech.

– Michele

Premium Features

To get the most out of all our audio and video episodes

Transcript

Sync the transcript to the audio, or scroll at your own pace.

Downloadable PDF's

For those who like a printable version for taking notes, or for using offline.

Ready to Get Started?

€15 per month, UNLIMITED access

I was searching high and low for somewhere to learn European Portuguese but options were somewhat limited. I was so impressed with your learning lab and how fun you make your videos that I had to sign up and try this.

– Kris C. (Florida, U.S.A.)

Extensive yet so simple

I think Practice Portuguese is amazing, it is so rich in content and extensive yet so simple to use with the easy units leading up to more complex stuff. I've only just started and am really impressed.

– Matt C. (Somerset)

Frequently Asked Questions

We respect your freedom: An important part of our growth has been from word-of-mouth recommendation. We know that your plans and needs may change, so we make it easy for you to pause or cancel your subscription.

Not only is it the right thing to do, but we also know that you'll be more likely to return later or even recommend us to your friends, if we can make the cancelation process go smoothly.

Affordability: We wanted the course to be as accessible to as many people as possible. We're confident that you'll get a lot out of your subscription on an ongoing basis, so we don't need to add a large barrier to entry.

Stability and Ongoing Improvements: Your monthly support helps us maintain the platform, and focus our effort on adding new content and features on a regular basis, instead of constantly upselling our members. You see the updates as soon as they're ready, and can keep focussed on learning Portuguese!

Although the platform is fully-compatible with iPhones, iPads and other mobile devices, we don't currently have an app to download. You must be connected to the internet to access the Learning Studio, (but you can always download the audio and PDFs for our Podcast or Shorties to practice on the go!)

Beginners: You can start right on the first Learning Studio Unit to start right from the beginning, then work your way through at least the first few Units in order.

Everyone else: In addition to exploring the Learning Studio Units, you should also start adding audio and video from the "Practice" section to your study routine as early as you can, to get your ears tuned to the sound of the language. (It's OK if you don't understand everything at first – immersion is the goal!)

Who We Are

Rui & Joel at Practice Portuguese headquarters in Lisboa, Portugal

Special thanks to our wonderful equipateam:

Here are a few of our teammates who help make Practice Portuguese possible:

The Co-Founders:

🇵🇹 Rui Coimbra

I've always been fascinated by how I can help estrangeirosforeigners navigate the challenges of European Portuguese.

Learning the language is the best way to understand a culture, and I'm excited to share with you a piece of Portugal 🙂

🇨🇦 Joel Rendall

Proudly born and raised in Ontario, Canada, I moved to Lisbon in September 2012. I quickly realized how difficult it was to find study materials that weren't Brazilian Portuguese, so with some technical skills and first-hand experience learning the language, I quickly found a passion for helping to fill this void. European Portuguese is a beautiful language that deserves to be made easily accessible to learners worldwide, and it's been a privilege to be able to serve this wonderful community.